A Day Spent Praising The Earth And

Life Is Always Walking Up To Us And Saying, "come On In, The Living's Fine," And What Do We Do? Back Off And Take Its Picture.

An Educated Person Is One Who Has Learned That Information Almost Always Turns Out To Be At Best Incomplete And Very Often False, Misleading, Fictitious, Mendacious - Just Dead Wrong.

I Gave Up On New Poetry Myself 30 Years Ago When Most Of It Began To Read Like Coded Messages Passing Between Lonely Aliens In A Hostile World.

Gerald Boyd Was A Classic Specimen Of The Self-made Man. Born Poor, He Worked And Studied His Way Up Out Of Poverty Under The Guidance Of His Widowed Grandmother.

In America Nothing Dies Easier Than Tradition.